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Jun 6, 2008 7:12 pm US/Pacific

3 Condors Returned To Wild After Being Poisoned

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Three endangered California condors have been returned to the wild after undergoing treatment for lead poisoning at the Los Angeles Zoo.

An official of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's California Condor Recovery Program says three other condors continue to receive treatment at the zoo.

The program is trying to create a self-sustaining population of the giant species, which was on the brink of extinction in the 1980s and even now number only in the low hundreds.

Officials this week announced they were in "crisis mode" after seven condors were found with lead poisoning.

Lead poisoning is a known risk for California condors. The vultures are scavengers and may feed on carcasses of animals that have been killed by hunters using lead ammunition.

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